6% → 45%
US consumers who used AI tools like ChatGPT to find local businesses: 6% last year, 45% this year.
BrightLocal, Local Consumer Review Survey 2026AUSTIN · CUSTOM POOL BUILDERS · AI VISIBILITY
When homeowners ask AI who should build their pool, are you named?
ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews recommend a short list of builders. CitedIQ measures whether your company is named, how often, and who appears instead.
Then we work to get you named and prove it every month. One company per metro. Austin is open.
AUSTIN MARKET1 SLOT OPEN
SAMPLE REPORT PREVIEWILLUSTRATIVE DATA
BUYER QUESTION
Who should build my pool in Austin?
LOCAL MARKET
AI-NAMED COMPANIES
- 01Company ANAMED
- 02Company BNAMED
- 03Company CNAMED
- OUTYour companyNOT NAMED
ONE-QUESTION SPOT CHECK
See the shortlist a buyer sees.
This opens ChatGPT and gives you one Austin prompt to paste. The answer may change by account, model, and day. Use it to see how quickly a shortlist forms, not to judge the whole market.
Your market report measures 60 buyer questions across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. That is the evidence we use.
best custom pool builder in AustinAUSTIN AI RECOMMENDATION MONITOR
First verified Austin market check pending.
The monitor is built. No live Austin run has cleared our evidence checks for public use.
NO LIVE DATA PUBLISHED
The sample result above remains illustrative. Failed and simulated runs cannot replace verified data.
THE PUBLICATION RULE
- 01Run fixed questions.
Four Austin buyer questions run through both provider APIs.
- 02Reject incomplete evidence.
Answers without sources, model details, or an evidence hash do not pass.
- 03Publish the last verified run.
A failed run never replaces verified data.
OpenAI Search and Perplexity API results are labeled exactly as run. They are not presented as screenshots from ChatGPT or the Perplexity consumer app.
THE MARKET MOVED
Your buyers moved first.
64%
adults 30 to 44, the years most pools get built, who asked AI for a business recommendation in the past year.
BrightLocal, 202621×
Growth in AI user-action crawling during 2025, when bots visited websites in response to chatbot questions.
Cloudflare Radar, 2025 Year in ReviewThese are national numbers. Your report shows your market.
AI ANSWER PATTERNDISCOVERY PROMPT
BUYER ASKS
best custom pool builder in Austin
THREE OF THE RECOMMENDED NAMES
- 01Competitor Acurrently named
- 02Competitor Bcurrently named
- 03Your companythe recommendation position we work to earnTHE SLOT WE WIN
Illustrative answer anatomy. Not a platform screenshot.
THE SHORTLIST
There is no page two. There is barely a page one.
Ask ChatGPT for the best custom pool builder in Austin and you do not get ten blue links. You get an answer: three to five names, with reasons. Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews work the same way. The buyer sees a shortlist, not a search. Whoever is on it gets the call. Whoever is not never knows the question was asked.
THE OPERATING SYSTEM
What we run, every month.
- 01
Baseline. Your report expands to 100 real buyer questions across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews, and we lock your priority 20: the prompts the guarantee is measured on.
- 02
The Citation Engine. Monthly optimization: answer-first content, schema and entity work, directory and review-velocity building. The machine that moves the numbers.
- 03
The Citation Log. The receipts, monthly: which prompts name you, which name competitors, movement over time. Five minutes a month to read.
- 04
Attribution. Call tracking plus intake capture, so when a signed job traces back to an AI answer, you see it.
Your side of this is about 30 minutes a month.
THE PERSON BEHIND THE WORK
Measurement, not marketing.
I built CitedIQ because a six-figure buying decision was moving into AI answers and nobody could tell a pool builder what those answers say. We measure it, we move it, and we hand you the receipts every month. If I cannot win your market, I will tell you on the call and we will both save the hour.
Mike Jackson, Founder
MARKET EXCLUSIVITY
One company per metro. Structural, not a promotion.
AI answers name three to five companies. If we worked for two Austin pool builders, our clients would compete for the same slots and our numbers would prove less. So we never do it. Market Exclusivity. One company per metro. We never work for your competitor.
First signed locks the market. No one can outbid your slot. Not before you sign, not after.
Austin
OPENAUSTIN · OPEN
Travis + Williamson + Hays
One slot per market. We're auditing your competitors this month. The first to sign locks the market.
San Antonio
NEXTSAN ANTONIO · NEXT
Bexar + Comal + Guadalupe
Dallas-Fort Worth
NEXTDALLAS-FORT WORTH · NEXT · TWO SLOTS
Dallas-side and Fort Worth-side slots, counties defined in the contract exhibit.
Houston
NEXTHOUSTON · NEXT
Harris + Fort Bend + Montgomery
WHO WE CAN GUARANTEE
Five checks before we take the market.
We only offer the 90-day guarantee when the business has enough authority to build on. These are the five gates.
- 30 or more Google reviews
- 4.0 rating or better
- A real website
- 3 or more years in business
- No active reputation crisis
Eligible for the market audit and guarantee review.
You get the gap and the next check. No sales pitch.
If Austin is already taken, we say that before the call. One company per metro means exactly that.
CONTRACT VALUE AT STAKE
Put your own contract value into the comparison.
This calculator does not predict leads. It compares the gross contract value of one to three missed projects with the first-year program cost. Use your average contract, not ours.
SCENARIO CALCULATORYOUR NUMBER
One contract that goes to a named competitor
Three contracts that go to named competitors
First-year program cost
$37,500At your number, three contracts equal 8.0× the first-year program cost.
Scenario only. Not a revenue or lead forecast.
$1,500 setup + $3,000/mo, 90-day initial term, then month-to-month
THE COMMERCIAL TERMS
The Austin Pool Builder AI Takeover: 90-Day Market Exclusivity Program
One program covers the baseline, monthly optimization, proof, attribution, and Austin market exclusivity.
- 01
AI Visibility Audit & Baseline. 100 real buyer prompts across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. Your share-of-voice versus named competitors, documented. ($1,500 value, included.)
- 02
The Citation Engine. Monthly optimization that moves the numbers.
- 03
Monthly Citation Log. The receipts: which prompts name you, which name competitors, movement over time.
- 04
Attribution Setup. Call tracking and intake capture, so signed jobs trace back.
- 05
Market Exclusivity. One company per metro. We never work for your competitor.
YOUR TERMS
$1,500 setup + $3,000/mo,90-day initial term, then month-to-month
Includes the baseline, monthly optimization, Citation Log, attribution setup, and Austin market exclusivity.
Annual prepay = 2 months free. Nothing else, ever.
THE QUESTIONS OWNERS ASK
FAQ
Is this SEO?
No. SEO gets your pages to rank in a list of links. This gets your company named when AI gives one direct answer recommending three to five builders. Different system, different work, different measurement. Keep your SEO agency. Google rankings are their job. AI answers are ours.
I already have a marketing agency.
Keep them. Ask them one question: does their reporting show where you appear in ChatGPT and Gemini answers, or where you rank in Google? If they can produce a monthly log of which AI answers name you, prompt by prompt, you genuinely do not need us.
Do people really ask AI for pool builders?
45% of US consumers used AI tools to find local businesses this year. Last year it was 6%. In the 30-to-44 bracket, the years most pools get built, it is 64%. (BrightLocal, Local Consumer Review Survey 2026.) National numbers; your report shows your market specifically.
Can anyone actually guarantee AI visibility?
No one controls a single AI answer, and you should walk away from anyone who promises a specific placement. That is why our guarantee is measured across your top 20 priority prompts and four platforms, where the work compounds, and why the remedy is our time, not fine print: If you're not being named in AI answers for your priority prompts within 90 days, we work free until you are. Measured contractually as: Named in ≥30% of top-20 priority prompts on ≥2 of 4 platforms by day 90, else free until met.
What does it cost?
$1,500 setup + $3,000/mo, 90-day initial term, then month-to-month. The only discount that exists: Annual prepay = 2 months free. Nothing else, ever.
What happens on the strategy session?
Thirty minutes. We open your market's report and walk the numbers: where you are named, where competitors are named instead, and what movement would look like. If it is a fit, we show you the program. If it is not, we say so. One company per metro means we are qualifying too.
What happens when the AI models change?
Single answers change all the time. That is why we measure share-of-voice across 60 prompts and four platforms instead of trusting any one screenshot, and why the report tracks your position against competitors rather than raw counts. When a model update moves the whole market, the Citation Log shows everyone moving; your position is what we manage. And after the 90-day initial term you are month-to-month: you are never locked into a channel you have stopped believing in.
Why only one company per market?
AI answers name three to five companies. Two clients in one metro would compete for the same slots. So: one company per metro, first signed locks it, and the slot cannot be bought away from you afterward. We turn down money to keep this true.
Who do you turn down?
Companies with fewer than 30 Google reviews, ratings under 4.0, no real website, under 3 years in business, or an active reputation crisis. Not because they are bad companies: because we cannot honestly guarantee results for them yet. We also turn down anyone whose market is already taken.
How fast does it move?
Movement typically shows in the Citation Log in 2 to 8 weeks, not the six-month horizon you may know from SEO. The guarantee window is 90 days.
I got an email from getcitediq.com. Is that you?
Yes. Our reports and outreach send from getcitediq.com, trycitediq.com, and citediqreports.com. Replies land with us. The website and your Citation Log live here, at citediq.ai.
Do you work with other industries or cities?
Custom pool builders in Texas metros first: Austin is open now; San Antonio, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Houston follow in that order. Senior living operators are next after that. Different industry or metro? Request a report and pick "Other": if we open your category, you hear first.
AUSTIN IS OPEN
Book your AI Visibility Strategy Session.
30 minutes. Tuesday to Thursday mornings, Central time. We walk your market's numbers, where the gaps are, and whether this is a fit. You leave with your numbers either way.
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